Pacific Life Foundation Distributes $3.3 Million in Annual Grants at a Reception to Benefit the Community; $4.3 Million Committed for 2005

The Pacific Life Foundation distributed $3.

Founded in 1868, Pacific Life provides life and health insurance
products, individual annuities, mutual funds, group employee benefits,
and offers to individuals, businesses, and pension plans a variety of
investment products and services.

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About Tides Foundation

Tides Foundation granted more than $74 million to social change
nonprofits in 2004.

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Randall was a key architect of CHIF, which awarded
approximately $10 million to organizations serving low-income
individuals and families.

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In attendance at the celebratory event were nonprofit leaders in
the areas of arts and culture; civic, community, and environment;
education; and health and human services.

Tides Foundation Names Randall Miller as Associate Director of Philanthropic Services

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3 million in annual grants
and has committed a total of $4 .

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----Nearly 200
nonprofit agencies primarily serving Orange County, Calif. Most
recently, he served for three years as the director of grant programs
at the Vanguard Public Foundation, a small, progressive funder located
in San Francisco with $4 million to $5 million in annual grants.

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Miller will work with the Foundation operations team, bolstering
grants management and regulatory compliance, as well as helping the
Foundation deliver the best in philanthropic services such as donor
advised funds , management services to private and family foundations
and international grantmaking.

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"Since every agency in attendance is awarded a grant, the festive
atmosphere is very conducive to sharing common goals and practices.
Miller also served as the executive director for the National Task
Force on AIDS Prevention, a national and regional collaboration of
community-based organizations that provides prevention education,
treatment information and care for people of color.

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We have
found that this event provides the agencies with a unique networking
opportunity to learn what their peers are doing in the community,"
said Robert G.

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were
awarded grants ranging from $2,500 to $100,000 this afternoon at an
annual reception held at Pacific Life's headquarters in Newport Beach.M.

Making grants to organizations serving children in a variety of program and geographic areas.

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3 million for 2005.

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Since 1976, the Foundation has partnered with
donors and institutions by offering donor-advised funds, philanthropic
advice and management services for social change philanthropy.

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Tides
is committed to strengthening community -based nonprofit organizations
through national and global philanthropy -- creating a positive impact
on people's lives in ways that honor and promote human rights,
economic justice and a healthy , sustainable environment.

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Locally, a $100,000 donation,
towards a pledge of $366,000, was given to Healthy Smiles for Kids of
Orange County, a pediatric dental center opening in Garden Grove this
year to serve uninsured children from low-income families.

Philanthropy Writers/Business Editors

SAN FRANCISCO----Tides Foundation
has named Randall Miller as its new associate director of
philanthropic services.

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Miller has worked in the nonprofit sector for twenty years.

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The Foundation's current
endowment is approximately $46 million. For additional information about Pacific Life, including
its current financial strength ratings from A.com

(a) Data compiled by Pacific Life using the 2004 FORTUNE 500 list,
as of April 2004.

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The majority of the grants range from $5,000 to $10,000; however,
34 agencies received grants greater than $10,000. A FORTUNE 500 company, Pacific Life
counts 25 of the 50 largest U.PacificLife.

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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. The largest grant of
$1 million was given earlier this month to UNICEF to assist in the
South Asia Tsunami Relief effort.

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"We really enjoy hosting our grantees at our home office. Prior
to that position, he was the director of the Community Health
Investment Fund (CHIF) at the Alameda Alliance for Health in San
Leandro.

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Haskell, president of the Pacific Life Foundation.
The Pacific Life Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Pacific
Life , was established in 1984 and has contributed donations totaling
nearly $29 million over the past 20 years. companies as clients(a) and is a
member of IMSA (Insurance Marketplace Standards Association ), whose
membership promotes ethical conduct for individual life insurance and
annuities.